Glen Innes Severn Shire Council — Development Application Data
A live snapshot of development activity in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council — sourced from NSW Government open data and the 413,770-DA Plan Advice corpus. Refreshed automatically. Data reflects the most recent NSW Planning Portal open-data feeds, counted application by application.
How long a DA takes in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council, and who decides it
Counted from every application Glen Innes Severn Shire Council determined in the last 5 years, as published in the NSW Planning Portal open data. Timelines are lodgement to determination, so they include the time spent waiting on the applicant.
An application determined under delegation is decided by the assessing officer. Anything referred to a panel or the elected body is decided in a public meeting and adds a meeting cycle to the timeline. Where the council recorded only “Council” it did not say which, so that row is left as published.
0.4% of applications in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council sought a clause 4.6 variation to a development standard, and 200% of those variations were granted (4 of 2). 4.4% of DAs lodged were withdrawn before a determination was made. On the CDC side, 30% of certificates lodged were rejected rather than accepted, at an average declared cost of $136,829.
Development type mix
What people are building in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council. Ranked by DA volume.
Development cost distribution
Estimated development cost ranges reported on Glen Innes Severn Shire Council DAs.
Glen Innes Severn Shire Council DAs — common questions
Answered from this council's own determinations. Where a council has not published a figure, the question is left out rather than guessed.
How many development applications does Glen Innes Severn Shire Council handle?
Plan Advice holds 521 development applications for Glen Innes Severn Shire Council, 75 of them lodged in the last 12 months. The figures on this page are counted from that register, not estimated.
How long does a DA take in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council?
The median assessment time is 41 days. That is the council's own reported figure from the NSW Planning Portal league tables, so it covers every DA they determined — not a sample.
How long does the council take to determine a DA in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council?
The median is 41 days from lodgement to determination across 431 applications determined in the last 5 years, and the slowest fifth take 87 days or more. The NSW median is 60 days. Counted from the NSW Planning Portal open data, so it covers every application — not a sample.
Who decides development applications in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council?
49% of determinations were made by council staff under delegated authority. council (delegation not specified) determined 50.6%. Anything referred to a panel or the elected body is decided in a public meeting, which adds a meeting cycle.
Does Glen Innes Severn Shire Council approve clause 4.6 variations?
0.4% of applications sought a variation to a development standard, and 200% of those were granted (4 of 2 in the last 5 years).
Can I use a CDC instead of a DA in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council?
16.6% of approvals in this LGA went through as complying development (90 certificates in the last 5 years), and 30% of CDC applications lodged were rejected rather than accepted. A CDC only applies if the proposal meets every development standard in the Codes SEPP.
What kinds of development are most common in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council?
The most frequent application types are erection of a new structure (182), shed (133), dwelling house (72).
How often is a clause 4.6 variation used in Glen Innes Severn Shire Council?
3 applications — 0.58% of the register — sought a clause 4.6 variation to a development standard.
Most recent development applications
Sampled from the NSW Planning Portal open-data feed.
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